Corn-loom.



C. B. HUTOHINS.

Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

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CLAYTON B. I-VIUTCHINS, or Aneorra, Iowa.

CORN-LOOM.

Application filed February 7, 1913.

To all whom it may concern ,Be it known that I, CLAYTON B. Huron- INS, acitizen of the United States, residing at Algona, in the county ofKossuth and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements inCornLooms, of WlllCh the following is a specification. 7

This invention relates to a corn loom, or machine for weaving seed corninto bundles, which may be conveniently suspended until it is desired tousethe corn.

The object of the invention is to prov de a simple and effective machineor device, whereby ears of seed corn may be bound together by portionsof twine which are interwoven to hold the ears assembled, and by meansof which arcompact bundle of ears may be formed and the bundle suspendedby means of the binding twlne.

The invention consists of the features of construction, combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, in which I Figure 1 is aperspectlve view of the apparatus showing the parts in normal pos1-tion, and also showing a number of ears which are being bound or woveninto a bundle. Fig. 2 is a similar view showlng the movable stand movedtoward the fixed stand, during a stage of the weaving operation. Fig. 3is a sectional elevation, showing the parts arranged as in Fig. 2, andillustrating clearly themode in which the ears of corn are woven orbound together. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the device, showing theweaving forks.

The device comprises a suitable base 1, from which rise stands 2 and 8.The stand 2 is preferably mortised or otherwise fixed at-its lower endin the base, while the other stand 3 is hinged or pivoted, as at 4:, t0the base, for movement toward or from said stand 2. When the stand 3 isin normal position, it is inclined outwardly and upwardly at a slightangle to the perpendicular, and is adapted to be moved inwardly to orslightly beyond a perpendicular position, and to automatically. dropback by gravity to normal position, when not adjusted inwardly to aposltion beyond the center of gravity.

The stands 2 and 3 are provided at their upper ends with weaving forks 5and 6, respectively. These forks preferably lncllne inwardly andupwardly at a slight angle,

Specification of Letters Patent.

. ear has been placed in position,

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at their free ends with notches 8, while the arms 9 of the fork 6 areprovided at their free ends with similar notches 10. I -The' In thenotches 8 and 10 of the respective sets of fork arms 7 and 9 aredesigned to be placed the upper bight portions of a pair of loopedbinding cords or twine 11 and 12, which in practice dependdown betweenthe respective stands 2 and 3. In the operation of bundling or weaving aseries of cars of corn 13 together, the first ear is fitted in the lowerbights cords, after which the cords are arranged in crossing relation, asecond ear of corn placed between the cords above the crossing point,and the cords again crossed and another ear of corn inserted above thecrossing point, and so on until a desired number of ears of corn arethus woven or bound together by the loops formed between the crossedportions of the strands of the cords. When the cords are filled, or thedesired number of ears of corn are bound together, the upper end of oneof the looped cords is passed through the other, thus forming a tie orbond holding the ears asembled, and the free end of the second namedcord is employed as a suspending member whereby the bundle of ears maybe hung from a suitable support. In thus weaving or tying the ears ofcorn together, after the first or bottom in the practical operation ofthe device, and when the standards are in the open position shown inFig. 1, an ear is placed in the depending loops and standard 3, is thenmoved toward the standard 2, thus crossing the strands over the firstear, and a second ear is placed above the crossed strands, this actionbeing repeated until the cords are filled. After the top ear of corn hasbeen applied, the upper or free portion of one of the binding cords ispassed through the other to form a bond or tie, and may be utilized as asuspending element to hang the bundle of corn from a support.

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and the arms 7 of the fork 5are provided of the looped 2 p i, stands Qand 3 may "be made any desired length according to the lengths. of thebinder cords to be used and the number of V ears of corn to be boundtogether in a bun- 5 dle, and that the weavingforks may be dis-c; posedat different elevations'upon the stands k i cooperation with the forkupon the fixed standard, said fork upon the hinged standcard being alsoinclined at an upward and inward angle and having its arms provided withcord receiving notches, the'said forks being adapted for relativemovement on as circumstances may require. 7

g It will be seen that the construction described providesa handoperated corn weav- 10 ing loom whereby ears of seed corn or otherarticlesqmay be quickly, conveniently and compactly formed into bundlesadapted to besuspended from a suitable support, and

thatbundles of corn'or other articles of this character may be easilyand quickly formed; p p e v substantially as and for the, Purpose de- I'claim: 3 v A device for bundling or-weavlng ears of corn comprising abase,- a fixed standard ris-; 7

ing from the base, a weaving fork upon the upper'end of'said fixedstandard,said fork" being inclined at an upward and inward angle ofinclination and having its arms provided with'cord receiving notches, asec-' 'ond standard hinged at its lower end to the base for movementtoward and from the fixed standard, said second standard being adaptedto tilt by gravity to a normally in ,clined position in a direction awayfrom the fixed standard, and a weaving fork upon the upper vend of thehinged standard for converging lines and the fork upon the hingedstandard being movable between the scribed;

,cL YTonB. HUTCHINS."

Witnesses: V a

ULrssEs G; WHITNEY,

Lnw s. L. BrnonA In testimony whereof I aflix my signature 1 in presenceof two witnesses.

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